Tips On Building The Ultimate Golf Bag

Golf Monthly

In this video, Joel Tadman and Dan Parker go through every area of the golf bag from driver down to putter and golf ball and then pick their favourite models to each build their ultimate golf bag.

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00:00Hello everybody and welcome to another Golf Monthly equipment video where

00:03myself and Golf Monthly staff writer Dan Parker are gonna build our ultimate

00:08golf bag. Between myself and Dan we've tested everything out there this year

00:12from driver all the way down to putter and the golf ball so we're gonna pick

00:15our favorite clubs in each area of the bag so it should be a really exciting

00:19video. Dan are you excited to make your debut on Golf Monthly's YouTube channel?

00:22Very excited, what better place to start on the YouTube channel than with my

00:24ultimate golf bag from this year so I'm looking forward to it.

00:27Great, without further ado let's dive in starting with the driver. So Dan we're

00:32kicking off with the big dog, why don't you start us off with your pick of the

00:35driver in your ultimate golf bag? Okay well I'll reveal it from here, I have gone

00:39for the Ping G425 Max. Now I was fitted for this myself this year, I absolutely love

00:46it. First off I'll go with the Lux, I think it's the best looking driver this

00:50year. I love the all black crown with the matte finish as well and then I'm not a

00:55great driver with the golf ball so I need all that forgiveness and this brought me

00:59loads of it. With the adjustable weight and the plenty of forgiveness across the

01:04face I found it really really good off the tee. It also sounds great, I don't know if

01:08you saw Victor Hovland at the BMW PGA, the noise it made at Wentworth might

01:12have been helped by the acoustics there but this makes an awesome noise so this

01:15goes in my bag as the ultimate driver. Yeah good choice, very straight driver,

01:19definitely one of the straightest drivers out this year but for me I'm gonna pick

01:22something different, cleverly hidden it under my rain hood, I've gone for the

01:25TaylorMade Sim 2. Now it was a close call between my Titleist TSI 3 driver which

01:30I also love but when I wasn't swinging that driver overly well I just felt like

01:34I was a little bit more offline and I think that part of that was because I

01:38was struggling to align it. Well there's no such problems with this with

01:40TaylorMade Sim 2 because as you'll see it's really easier to align with this grey

01:45strip at the front of the head so it sets up really squarely behind the ball, gives you

01:48really good feedback on where you're aiming and the feel of it is absolutely

01:51fantastic and that feel is translated into really good ball speed, really good

01:55distance. Undoubtedly one of the longest drivers I've tested, really nice

01:58streamlined shape, feel like you can swing it fast, really forgiving obviously

02:02you've got the max driver as well if you want even more forgiveness but for me

02:05that combination of a nice large low spin good forgiveness meant I was a long way

02:10down the fairway and I was often in the fairway so for me TaylorMade Sim 2 is my

02:13pick with the driver. Okay Dan let's move on to the fairway woods and anyone who's

02:18seen my best fairway woods 2021 video will be not surprised to see that I've

02:22picked the Cobra Rad Speed. Now there's a whole host of things I like about this

02:27club, I love the rails on the bottom gives you a really nice skid through the

02:31ground especially when the ball's sitting down feel like it just pops the ball up

02:34really nicely out of those cuppy lies, really good forgiveness, good distance was one

02:38of the longest models I tested and you've got adjustability as well for lofts and you can

02:43get some draw bias on there as well so it's a very versatile club so it really

02:47does tick all the boxes in terms of any golfer looking for a fairway they can use

02:50from different situations around the course Cobra King Rad Speed delivers on

02:53that so that's my choice. Dan? Good choice, it's a very good choice I don't want to say you

02:56nick my choice but it's a good choice. I have gone and we're talking no price

03:01involved here ultimate bag so I have gone for the Sim 2 Titanium 3 woods this is a

03:09powerful club it's a really good looking club as well like I said I'm not a very

03:12good driver with the ball so I like to use my 3rd off the tee quite a lot and

03:15lofting this down which you can do with adjustable loft sleeve means I can hit it

03:19a little bit straighter than my driver but with plenty of distance as well similar

03:23to the Cobra you've got the V-Steel sole which makes it really good out of

03:26slightly cuppy lies as Joel said as well as fairway lies as well so I found it an

03:31equally versatile club with loads of distance thanks that speed pocket and that

03:35titanium head so this is my favourite 3 wood. Right let's look at hybrids a very

03:40important part of the bag Joel I'll go first I have gone for the Callaway Apex

03:4521 I said it's important part of the bag it's a hard part of the bag to get

03:49right I think with lofts and what loft suits your game the best big standout of

03:53the apex is it's adjustable you don't get many hybrids that are adjustable you can

03:57adjust for draw bias as well as loft as well which is really helpful and this is

04:01also a really forgiving hybrid I've used this out of rough I use it off the tee a

04:05little bit as well but mostly out the rough when you're a long way back on a par 5 you

04:08want to try and clamber some of that hole back this is really good for that

04:11you've got the gel brake blades in here which are giving me the extra distance

04:15and it's quite a nice look at a dress it's not a traditional look by any means

04:19it's a little bit square and there's some hybrids but I like that I think for

04:22distance forgiveness and versatility this goes in mark on the bag good choice

04:26though definitely one of the better feeling hybrids out there yeah definitely

04:29everything I've tested and I have tested all of them but I'm gonna pick

04:32something a little different again if you see my best of video you won't be

04:35surprised to see I've gone for the Titleist TSI 2 now I'm a low handicap

04:40golfer so you might be surprised to think I've gone for the larger head of

04:44the the hybrid range but for me I like something that's going to give me a lot

04:48more a bit more playability you know compact hybrids can be difficult to strike

04:52they can go a bit left sometimes this is a lot straighter it's very forgiving

04:56as I said it's one of the longest ones I've tested I like the full face white

05:00grooves they just help me align that face a little bit more easily and it is

05:03adjustable for loft and line goal independently so you can really dial it

05:07in to hit the number that you want which is obviously really important so

05:10yeah Titleist TSI 2 really good turf interaction good distance forgiveness I'm

05:14using it on tee shots on par 3s into par 5s into par 4s it's a very versatile

05:19club so recommend it if you're looking for a new hybrid right Joel iron now this is a

05:24big choice I'm excited to see what you've gone for what's your ultimate iron for

05:272021 I've deliberated over this for a long time I bet you did because I love

05:32my P770 container made but there was an iron that beat that this year and it's

05:37there it is the ping I-59 I mean what a club like I mean it's very expensive I

05:42think it's like 200 230 pounds a club but the performance on offer is absolutely

05:48fantastic it's so consistent for what is ultimately a better player club you know

05:52you put it down behind the ball it looks like a blade really but it's got so much

05:56consistency and forgiveness built into what is a really compact a tour played

06:00club it's clearly designed for the low handicapper but there's it's a lot more

06:03user-friendly than that and you just hit all the shots for this high low draw

06:07fade it's able to deliver that it's easy to align it just it looks fantastic so

06:12yeah ping I-59 you know I'm really excited ping gonna send me the rest of the

06:16clubs to fill in the set so I'm very excited about I think they're gonna go in

06:20the bag yeah for a bit why not why not why not give them a try because I love them so

06:24much so yeah that's my choice ping I-59 what about you Dan so Joel my iron I've

06:29gone for a very desirable iron for this year is the Titleist T100 excellent

06:34choice yeah I think these are two very good choices we've made for me I'm a 10

06:38handicapper this is a little bit more of a desirable iron for me I don't think it's

06:41as forgiving as some on the market but as I said I think it looks so good I

06:45would have it in my bag it's surprisingly forgiving for what it is a very

06:49small club head very little offset a thin top line so I can get away with it but

06:54like I said I think it looks so good that I would put it in my bag if I was

06:57to go for something in the Titleist range which has been excellent this year

07:00I'd probably look at the T200 for someone like me with a little bit more

07:03forgiveness but because I'm building my ultimate bag I've gone for the ultimate

07:06Titleist iron at the minute which is the T100 right now we're moving on to wedges

07:10very important area of the bag to try and get up and down keep your score going

07:13it's very important and I've gone for the tailor-made milled grind 3 new

07:19offering for this year a few things I like about this it's got that milled soul on it

07:22with those kind of very slight bumps in it I just feel like gives me a nice skid

07:26through the ground when it's slightly wet or the ball sitting down I feel like it

07:29pops the ball out of those sorts of lies really well I think it feels excellent

07:33the spin control from the launch monitor data I've tested shows that this is one

07:38of the highest spinning wedges that I've ever used it's very comparable with

07:42everything else on the market if not better and the shape of it definitely

07:45suits my eyes it's more kind of traditional in the way it looks it's not too

07:48funky in the in the shape and the way it sits down behind the ball address and

07:51there's enough versatility in the options of the bounces to produce a set to pull

07:57off the shots that you need to around the green so it was a tough one but I've

08:00gone for the tailor-made milled grind 3 what have you gone for it's a good

08:03choice Joel it's a good choice it's a compelling argument but I think and I

08:06hope everyone at home agrees with me here and I'll die on this hill for this

08:09wedge and I think it always has been always will be the title is Vokey SM8 I mean the

08:16Vokey is just the ultimate wedge isn't it Joel if I'm building my ultimate bag I

08:19can't look too far past this club the SM8 improved nicely on the SM7 slight

08:24different center of gravity which made it feel great from starting longer distance

08:27shots I found and with the amount of grind you can get this in the amount of

08:31finishes you can get this in there's a slate blue version a black version if

08:35I'm building my ultimate bag I'm gonna get these properly fitted make them look

08:38fantastic and I can customize them maybe I get some stamps on them as well I

08:42don't know I just think for everything you get the full package the amount of

08:45grinds how good they are looking in the bag it has to be the SM8 for me right

08:52Joel last club in the bag putter probably the one you'll be using the most this is

08:55an important one I'll kick us off and I've gone for the Odyssey two ball 10 with

09:01my putting I'm not a great putter I'm not doing myself much justice here I'm an

09:05okay golfer I need forgiveness and I need help with my alignment and this does both

09:09of those things I'll start with the alignment you've got the classic two ball

09:12shape on the top so you line your ball up as a third ball that's really helped

09:16me get my line consistent providing I meet the putt correctly and then

09:20forgiveness as well if you look at the size this mallet shape it is super

09:23forgiving plenty of MOI and I find I can roll this ball really consistently even

09:28if I catch it a little bit off the toe or a little bit low and that stops me

09:31three putting too often lovely grip on it as well and I think it's a pretty

09:35complete putter for those who like a mallet that is I think if you like a blade

09:38you'll struggle with this but for me he likes a mallet it's pretty much perfect

09:41very good choice obviously you've got the option of the triple track as well

09:44very good point that's like triple alignment help that isn't it but if I

09:48had to hold a 10 foot putt down for my life for your life I'm gonna be going for

09:52the even roll ER2V I love everything about this putter mostly the way it looks and

10:00also how consistent it is so you've got these parabolic grooves on the face here

10:04which definitely help gear the ball back to straight and also give you good

10:08more consistent speed it's not the quickest putter in terms of off the

10:11face but it's very good on quick greens the grip on it is excellent I love the

10:15this tour tack shape so it's got a nice tacky feel to it kind of reference points

10:20for your thumbs and the other thing with this V series is you've got the

10:24adjustable neck and shaft system so with the screw on the hot on the bottom you

10:29can take the head out and putting different neck designs to suit your stroke

10:32the best so you go for a fitting process yeah you can get that dialed in so it

10:36really is as you mentioned the complete package like with your Odyssey I think

10:39the even roll is arguably even more of a complete package frankly and I just I

10:43putted it really well ever since I put this in the bag so yeah even roll V series

10:47the ER2V model in particular is the one I've gone for okay last but not least in

10:53our ultimate bag Joel golf ball what have you gone for you do need a golf ball

10:57you do need a golf ball yeah essential the one I've gone for is the

11:01title is Pro V1X it's the ball I've played for a very long time and for me

11:04it's just the the consistency and the predictability of it you know when you

11:08hit a good shot you want to see the golf ball doing exactly what you expect it to

11:12be doing yeah and this just delivers that I mean the profile of it in terms of

11:16the way it feels and the way it spins actually quite similar to the Pro V1

11:18it's not a great deal of difference does feel a little bit firmer around the

11:22greens which I actually prefer and a slightly higher flight with the driver other

11:25than that it's pretty similar but this is just an excellent all-round package

11:28delivers around the greens on the greens iron shots off the tee it's that

11:32perfect blend of distance and spin when you need it so tightest Pro V1X for me

11:37what are you going for good choice Joel hard to argue with that I think a lot of

11:40golfers at home will think oh well the Pro V1's a pretty complete golf ball I've

11:43gone a little bit left field I've gone for the tailor-made TP5X picks you'll see

11:48the likes of Ricky Fowler and Matt Wolfe use these on tour and I thought at the

11:52start of this year I thought I'd give them the go because I like the TP5 ball and the

11:54TP5X ball so I thought let's give this clear path alignment a go which is these

11:58sort of triangle diamonds you'll see here and firstly it made the ball look a

12:02little bit bigger it was a bit of an optical illusion but it made me feel a

12:06little bit more confident behind the ball with iron shots and with wedges and

12:09stuff so that was a good positive point and it's great to help with my putting

12:13I think with lining up as well and it lets me know rolling end over end whether I've

12:17hit a good putt or not when I see it rolling end over end I know I've struck it

12:20well if I see all these clear path alignment bits go offline I know I've not hit such a good one

12:24I've really enjoyed it and I think with the TP5X you get a very good golf ball as

12:28well so it's a nice addition to that and well worth a try if you're looking for

12:32something a little bit new or a little bit different great well that concludes

12:35our look at the ultimate bag we've both built it from driver all the way through

12:39to putter and golf ball hopefully you've enjoyed watching us build it all the way

12:43through and do comment down below is there any clubs that you think we've missed

12:47out that we should have included in our ultimate bag we'd love to hear from you

12:50but that's all from us from Burley Park Golf Club here in Stanford we'll see you next time

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